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<p>HSQLDB (HyperSQL DataBase) is a modern relational database manager
    that conforms closely to the SQL:2008 Standard and JDBC 4 specifications.
    It supports all core features and many of the optional features of
    SQL:2008.</p>
<p>The first versions of HSQLDB were released in 2001. Version 2, first
    released in 2010, includes a complete rewrite of most parts of the
    database engine.</p>
<p>This documentation covers the latest HyperSQL version 2.3. This
    documentation is regularly improved and updated. The latest, updated
    version can be found at http://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0/</p>
<p>If you notice any mistakes in this document, or if you have problems
    with the procedures themselves, please use the HSQLDB support facilities
    which are listed at http://hsqldb.org/support</p>
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<p>This document is available in several formats.</p>
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      You may be reading this document right now at http://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0, or in
      a distribution somewhere else.
      I hereby call the document distribution from which you are reading 
      this, your <span class="emphasis"><em>current distro</em></span>.
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      http://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0 hosts the latest production versions of all available formats.
      If you want a different format of the same <span class="emphasis"><em>version</em></span>
      of the document you are reading now, then you should try your
      current distro.
      If you want the latest production version, you should try http://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0.
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      Sometimes, distributions other than http://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0 do not host all
      available formats.
      So, if you can't access the format that you want in your current
      distro, you have no choice but to use the newest production version at 
      http://hsqldb.org/doc/2.0.
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